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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce retention policies to reduce the numbers leaving the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers serving in the Permanent Defence Forces at present; the projected numbers serving at the end of 2017; the numbers projected for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns about the imposition of a 6% stamp duty rate on farmland sales; if specific measures will be introduced to alleviate such financial burdens on farmers with small or medium sized land holdings who need to expand or consolidate their farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the drug Translarna available through the HSE for persons in view of the fact that this medication is available through the public health system in neighbouring jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1,554 of 26 July 2017, her plans to amend the legislation and regulations in regard to eligibility for State pension purposes; if such provisions will be included in the forthcoming Social Welfare Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43972/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I join the other members of the committee in welcoming our guests and thanking them for their presentations. I have been very familiar over the years with the work of Ms Urwin and Justice for the Forgotten, as well as with Ms Cadwallader's work in more recent years. Ms Cadwallader's book, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, brought together a huge amount of information on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: In regard to my suggestion that the committee write to the Secretary of State, Mr. Brokenshire, is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: Nobody has raised the Dublin-Monaghan bombings in the Dáil as much as I have over the years because my constituency is Cavan-Monaghan. Ms Urwin and her colleagues met the former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. Deputies Crowe, Maureen O'Sullivan and I had a meeting with the Minister on the same day. To be fair to the Minister, he was very much engaged...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: State agencies will be contacted by some companies and enterprises that have never approached them before. I know of small companies that will approach their local enterprise offices. We are fortunate to have two excellent local enterprise offices in Cavan-Monaghan. I hope the Tánaiste is in a position to provide additional funding for the work of these offices in 2018 because the...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans her Department and the State's industrial promotion agencies have to assist in job creation in 2017 and 2018; their further plans to maintain existing employment in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43133/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans her Department and the State's industrial promotion agencies have to assist in job creation in 2017 and 2018 and in the maintenance of existing employment throughout County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43134/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: I have raised previously with the Tánaiste the concerns in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan about the adverse impact of Brexit. Employment in our area is dependent on indigenous enterprise. The agrifood, construction and engineering sectors are the main sources of employment and they are heavily dependent on the Northern Ireland and British market. Already the weakness of sterling has...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: We have had difficulty over the years in attracting foreign direct investment to the Border region. One of the key ingredients in ensuring we were not successful was the fact of the Troubles on our doorstep for many decades. Thankfully, since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 there has been a huge growth in trade between the North and South and a huge growth in companies...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a proposed building project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; the timeframe for invitation of tenders and for construction to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Prospecting Licences (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied) forwarded recently to his Department regarding a prospecting licence; his views on each of the issues detailed in this correspondence in view of the fact an earlier reply from his Department did not provide a reply to all the issues raised in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the number of places on Tús, the rural social scheme and community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43290/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (12 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that there are adequate vetting procedures in place for recruitment to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 Oct 2017)

Brendan Smith: 74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if specific measures will be introduced to assist businesses in the Border region which have been impacted adversely by the fall in the value of sterling and sectors that are dependent on Northern Ireland and Britain as export markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43143/17]